tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post2755468092004494205..comments2023-06-07T03:18:27.705-07:00Comments on Enchanted Oak: Beginning with FlamesEnchanted Oakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815997287116818456noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-4257032057781090272011-01-12T15:37:06.792-08:002011-01-12T15:37:06.792-08:00Gorgeous photo, powerful poem. A Happy New year to...Gorgeous photo, powerful poem. A Happy New year to you Chris.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-85334639422133002742011-01-04T11:47:58.027-08:002011-01-04T11:47:58.027-08:00I had not realized all the terrible things that ha...I had not realized all the terrible things that happened. How horrible for her and for you. I think that the desire to preserve life at any cost is wrong. I cannot imagine your mother's terror as she surely knew that something bad was happening to her that she did not want. I hope that you are successful in getting the laws to protect the innocent and disabled passed.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-37914323601843754512011-01-03T17:22:27.060-08:002011-01-03T17:22:27.060-08:00Your writing of pain and death is so alive. Great...Your writing of pain and death is so alive. Great words put together just right.<br /><br />The universe is alight and reflected beautifully in your picture and your words.<br /><br />Happy New Year!!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08929609187341391412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-41888005416238064112011-01-03T12:33:06.663-08:002011-01-03T12:33:06.663-08:00Yes, moving, powerful and makes me feel like punch...Yes, moving, powerful and makes me feel like punching someone. Several times.<br />Astonishing control in the poem - beautifully, shockingly, done.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-28984077265407747282011-01-02T14:33:34.896-08:002011-01-02T14:33:34.896-08:00I am so glad you've found someone interested i...I am so glad you've found someone interested in helping you, and I'm glad you're taking a stand for people who can't stand for themselves!<br /><br />Your poem sears like the pain.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-54343370185721108402011-01-02T06:41:56.912-08:002011-01-02T06:41:56.912-08:00Happy New Year and more beautiful stuff from you t...Happy New Year and more beautiful stuff from you this year too.nsiyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03727614252106495292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-51298099374144840012011-01-02T05:32:09.356-08:002011-01-02T05:32:09.356-08:00The sunset is beautiful! I'm sorry to hear abo...The sunset is beautiful! I'm sorry to hear about the difficulty your mother experienced. <br /><br />There are so many governmental and business systems that need a good overhauling in my mind. <br /><br />I have a hard time trusting God in areas where I fear people so much. <br /><br />I'll keep praying!!!<br /><br />I'm glad some people are more clear than I am and able to move with purpose and direction un-distracted by fear or debilitating emotions like anger and frustration. It's so powerful to watch as people receiving direction and power move with purpose through the world, problems, decisions.<br /><br />I'm glad I've got lots of them around me!Jess Mistress of Mischiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766848582303523764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-20054762776160651782011-01-02T04:39:05.045-08:002011-01-02T04:39:05.045-08:00incredibly strong! quite frightening what can happ...incredibly strong! quite frightening what can happen, quite unknowingly...Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999801833389058410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-19761199263159476042011-01-02T04:15:25.365-08:002011-01-02T04:15:25.365-08:00Gorgeous sky, absolutely awful story, lovely poem....Gorgeous sky, absolutely awful story, lovely poem. Have a great and wonderful 2011.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-3478558533289613422011-01-02T01:13:27.429-08:002011-01-02T01:13:27.429-08:00What a beautiful morning sky you had. I missed th...What a beautiful morning sky you had. I missed the sunrise...well, actually, I was up early but I didn't even step outside to see what the sky was doing!<br /><br />I am glad you are fighting this battle, Chris. It won't help your mother but it may help others. What I think is the most tragic thing of all is that she was hospitalized so horribly for five days near the end of her life without your even being aware where she was. <br /><br />I admire you stamina to continue this fight.RNSANEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841873957894861725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-88484839132311015572011-01-01T21:23:09.636-08:002011-01-01T21:23:09.636-08:00Sadly I recognized in my teens that people who hav...Sadly I recognized in my teens that people who have dementia (which my great grandmother did) that there weren't any rights protecting her and it took our whole family to fight doctor after doctor to get them to listen to what she wanted...it was a huge battle and it is sad to know that your mother in this day and age was treated this way...it saddens my heart.<br /><br />I find hope in your picture that is the sky of a phoenix rising indeed...<br /><br />and on a peculiar note your poem I felt in my heart...it seemed to be something I understand this pain in others...shared and secret...<br /><br />Happy and Loving New Year to you!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15127343815869529555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-1184054832211257942011-01-01T19:21:33.500-08:002011-01-01T19:21:33.500-08:00As a retired state gov't bureaucrat who oversa...As a retired state gov't bureaucrat who oversaw investigations of SNF's, you go for it! Your mother's advanced directive should have been followed but this tale happens all around the country when no one is watching. I wish all the best outcomes in this case for you and that you prevail triumphantly! When my 86 year old aunt was hospitalized in PA and they diagnosed stage IV cancer she wanted no further threatments. She'd had her advanced directive in place and her family doctor knew this, but in the hospital they wanted to treat "at least with radiation" as they explained to me her designee. I yelled at the MD in the hallway, "SHE SAID NO MORE and that is what will be." She went to temporary SNF placement and then into hospice care where she died within a few weeks as she chose. I wonder what they'd have done if I had not been there to oversee. Anyway to bill for treatments is what the medical community seems to be after. When it is time for life to end, it should be alllowed to happen, but not with medical intervention making it all the more complicated and lingering. Happy New Year!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093078029028920810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-16161228680523444332011-01-01T18:19:12.422-08:002011-01-01T18:19:12.422-08:00I wish you and Mort success in your attempts to se...I wish you and Mort success in your attempts to set the world right. Someone needs to speak for those who can't.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132555347136919591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-24759483181549271332011-01-01T17:05:47.982-08:002011-01-01T17:05:47.982-08:00Freaken eerie, Chris. Freaken bone chillingly eer...Freaken eerie, Chris. Freaken bone chillingly eerie. Perfect.<br /><br />xo<br />erinWoman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-15452233126319269682011-01-01T13:07:53.080-08:002011-01-01T13:07:53.080-08:00This whole post is powerful, from the sunrise to t...This whole post is powerful, from the sunrise to the legal stuff to the poem.<br /><br />Happy New Year to you!Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574822672391090343.post-15939587687544263042011-01-01T12:06:52.411-08:002011-01-01T12:06:52.411-08:00Happy New Year! Both your poem and story are beyo...Happy New Year! Both your poem and story are beyond powerful. Bravo to you and to the good professor! I am blessed to have been living so close by my mother ... not that we didn't have our differences with her memory care providers, but nothing I didn't handle. Fight the good fight!!!!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.com